Comment 80401

By chris angel (registered) | Posted September 04, 2012 at 13:38:48

Absolutely necessary and decades too late. I used to ride a ten speed in the 70's and 80's both in Burlington and Hamilton. Many motorists then were convinced that the right to the road was totally theirs. Some would pass by so close it was terrifying, all because of their right to ALL of the lane. Usually this was at a rate of speed far above the posted limit. A simple twitch or movement to avoid a sewer grate on my part would have been catastrophic. There has been a proliferation of alternative transportation devices - electric bicycles and scooters, recumbents, true electric cars etc. Many can meet the needs of the public though they are not highway capable. We need strategies to accomadate these eco friendly alternatives and to enforce a minimum 1-M clearance on motorists who insist on monopolising the roadway and in risking the lives of cyclists or alternative transportation users. I still remember the group of women cyclists killed by a single driver on York Road near the bridge in the late 1970's. Clearance by motorists should have been legislated then. How many more cyclists will have to die before this long overdue right is finally granted to cyclists and other roadway users.

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